Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-04-21
Love In ClfIL SERVICE.
HowApaE1ry elEs woNAA HUSBAND.
But EhIs is Not Air &ys Safe Precedsn,
for Pretty Gizas 70 Follow.

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But This is Not Alne ~ . Safe Precedent
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ont in many disvarant II Z 81 formss
aIyhat is d;st,rhjr,r che n,ono.onv
now pn inopirad tba ,ssoyter
aWell / am cetti,,s to th.. s,~
wears AGO last Maycl, ! .by;aSt @ orad I
rosy.cheeked Young follow os twsntv' NV
two received an anno;ntment tbronrb
political influence IN t,,e diyisinn ! a,n
employed in. You know that was tho
days bstore civil. servieea reform ia
was quick and intellicent. and If wo
not long before he wss os familiar
with the work as the ol,lbst c,ert ~ t'a
office. For a YEAR or ~ lhe was . rost
efficient clerk and waa .m timo w;,h
sorrow l began To no,iea tbat ho' WOO
becoming dissipated. ftbat bis ,vorr T.
was behind and insteas,eof the fram,,
independent exuressio1S itbat he had
when he first came in ths office wac
careless, devil-may-care sdrt Of a loot
/ demonstrated with him Ind told bim
he would be dismissed a,Ia iustlv FOO
If he did not shake the cf1nnanions he
was associa.inp with. Hm onlv renlv
was: al can take care of mvseif. ro,, rv
reedn't fret about me-, His doynrol,
didn't surprise me mucl,P for ho1
seen number Of youno r,en 90 ;,'
his way who had come infS i tha Ienor. ~
ment honest. sober young fellow, ard
leave it broken down n heo,tb or1
careless as to how thew made tboir ,,r
ing. Things went on this wav pn+;l
the present Administrator cawa irto
power, and the heads of t,,a dIfreront
bureaus were cbanoed C,rtonronnu
a great number of nav CLERKS came IN
Among these was pretty yn,no ladv
with large brown eyes and a fascinot.
ing smile. The clerks botI male and
lanale, immediately took I'd her aud
he became general fayotfe The
alng men in the office ne,ler lost nm
portunity to have few rnirutea
rsat with her. but that's aa fsr as q
a9ar went. Though sta k9ited all
sasantly none were ever inyited 70
i on her. The Young fellow Isnoke
1sout had gotten SO that he oc,,lom had
iything to say to any Ole. In the
c5urse of time he made the acouaint-
ice of the pretty Young clerk and
ut evening one of the older ladies
%ith the best intentions in the worid
told the young lady not to get too inti-
mate with that man. as he was consid-
cred a 'rounder,' or. In other words
dissipated.
aShe said she liked him, and tbouobt
there was a great deal of good IN him
If he had the proper announcement
He seemed to be gentleman and that
If he did ANYTHING wroncit was only
carelessness After this the
two Young people were together con.
stantly when not at the office and n
most wonderful change came over him
He stopped drinking attended to bis
work with n will and when not some
where with her of an evening STAYED in
his room and read. was nleased 70
note the change; and knew that All
would come ont well She had only
been in the Office about sir months
when he came to ma one ,lay and said
he was going to resign as his salary
was not sufficient to support a wife as
he would like to- and he had securea .
position as boolkeeper in a wholesale
grocery house in New York He went
away and / heard nothing from him,
We often smoke of him At the office
but no one ever dared ask the vo,,no
lady clerk about him for thew remem.
bered how sbe went for tbe old ,odv
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